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Record ID 262424
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Charles 12th v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Gordon Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Charles 12th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The history of Charles XII. King of Sweden. By Mr. De Voltaire. Translated from the French. Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 51
ESTC: T193544
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Gordon Hunter
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262415
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Moore's France v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William George Fullerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
Moore's France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By John Moore, M.D. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 66 borrowing records
ESTC: T177839
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: William George Fullerton
Author: Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802), Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262409
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hoole's Tasso V. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William George Fullerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N6701
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: William George Fullerton
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262406
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hoole's Tasso V. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William George Fullerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N6701
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: William George Fullerton
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262436
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Dryden's Virgil v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Barclay Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records
ESTC: T145015
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Barclay Gray
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262463
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Roman Poets v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
Lives of Roman Poets
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the Roman poets. Containing a critical and historical account of them and their writings, ... To which is added, a chronological table, ... Together with an introduction concerning the origin and progress of poetry in general; and an essay on dramatic poetry in particular. By L. Crusius, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T134573
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Gentle
Author: Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262454
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's British Birds
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Alexander Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's British Birds
Confidence level: Speculative
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. Containing the history and description of land birds.
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N491661
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Gentle
Author: Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 262469
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell's Life of Johnson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T64482
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262490
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Greece v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Greig
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times till it became a Roman province. By William Robertson, Esq. Keeper of the Records of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: T99879
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Greig
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262514
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Edward's West Indies v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
Edward's West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T137074
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Good
Author: Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800), Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262511
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Greig
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Greig
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262538
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Sully's Memoirs v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. To which is annexed, the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: N21985
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Good
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262544
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Lewis 14th and 15th v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Louis 14th and 15th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The age of Louis XIV. To which is added, an abstract of the age of Louis XV. Translated from the last Geneva edition of M. de Voltaire, with notes, critical and explanatory, by R. Griffith, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T137661
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Age of Louis XIV
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Good
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262547
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 262517
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's History of England v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
An abridgment of the History of England. From the invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 199 times in 194 borrowing records
ESTC: N14917
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Good
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262571
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 23
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
Record ID 262565
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Animated Nature v. 6
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 262556
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262562
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Animated Nature v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262568
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knights of Malta v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem; styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta. Translated from the French of Mons. l’Abbe de Vertot.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T81010
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262553
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's British Birds
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday).
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's British Birds
Confidence level: Speculative
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. Containing the history and description of land birds.
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N491661
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 262586
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262589
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 21
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Hay
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 262595
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262619
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: James Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262634
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
David Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Hunter
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Record ID 262625
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262622
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: James Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262667
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Jackson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Jackson
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262694
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Works v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By Dr. Smollet, and others. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761-1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 25v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T52773
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262688
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262691
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 16
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T36369
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 262679
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 8
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 262676
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262703
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 262718
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Works v. 13
Borrowed: 1812/12/21 (Monday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By Dr. Smollet, and others. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761-1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 25v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T52773
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1812/12/21 (Monday).
Borrower: John Kirk
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Record ID 262712
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Kirk
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262724
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1812/11/2 (Monday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 262760
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T36369
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262781
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1805
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1805
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262787
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1807
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1807
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262757
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262793
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Volney's Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries, their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Illustrated with copper plates. By M. C-F. Volney. Translated from the French. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 264 times in 197 borrowing records
ESTC: T12217
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262790
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262748
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buchanan's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The ancient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first pounder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fifth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T166848
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262784
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1806
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1806
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262745
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's British Birds v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's British Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. Containing the history and description of land birds.
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N491661
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262775
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262811
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 25
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Menzies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Menzies
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
Record ID 262820
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Ebenezer Millar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776-1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 120 times in 95 borrowing records
ESTC: T78357
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Ebenezer Millar
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262853
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262850
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262841
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 15
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Matheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Matheson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 262835
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens
Borrowed: 1811/11.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Record ID 262832
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Peter McLeod
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262844
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Gazetteer by Salmon
Borrowed: 1811/10/19 (Saturday).
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Modern Gazetteer by Salmon
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The modern gazetteer: or, A short view of the several nations of the world. Absolutely necessary for rendering the public news, and other historical occurrences, intelligible and entertaining. Containing, I. An introduction to geography; with directions for the use of the terrestrial globe. II. The situation and extent of all the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, and chief towns, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: also, a description of the most considerable seas, lakes, rivers and mountains, all rang’d in alphabetical order. III. The produce, manufactures, trade, constitution, forces, revenues, and religion, of the several countries. IV. The genealogies and families of the emperors, kings, and princes, now reigning. By Mr. Salmon.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: N22214
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Modern Gazetteer: or, A Short View of the Several Nations of the World
Borrowed: 1811/10/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Modern Gazetteer: or, A Short View of the Several Nations of the World
Record ID 262829
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Matheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Matheson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262856
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262889
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McCormick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McCormick
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262886
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's America v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James McFarlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records
ESTC: T78964
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: James McFarlan
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262877
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Edinburgh Review v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Edinburgh Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Edinburgh Magazine and Review.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773-1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: P2256
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: George McPherson
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262892
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1811/11.
William McCormick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262880
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Edinburgh Review v. 11
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
George McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Edinburgh Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Edinburgh Magazine and Review.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773-1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: P2256
Record ID 262883
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's America v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James McFarlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records
ESTC: T78964
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: James McFarlan
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262913
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 7
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 262928
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John McLennon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: John McLennon
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262940
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Pitt's Virgil v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James More
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Pitt's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, in English verse. The Aeneid translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, the Eclogues and Georgics by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Editors: Joseph Wharton
Translators: Rev. Mr Christopher Pitt
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T218877
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: James More
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262925
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles McCallum
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles McCallum
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262937
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 22
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles McCallum
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles McCallum
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Record ID 262931
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John McLennon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: John McLennon
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262952
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History
Borrowed: 1811/11.
David Napier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: David Napier
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Record ID 262958
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Thomas Mansfield
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Thomas Mansfield
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262955
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1. Returned: yes.
John Newton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776-1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 120 times in 95 borrowing records
ESTC: T78357
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1812/1.
Borrower: John Newton
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262979
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Guthrie's History of Scotland
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
David Nairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History of Scotland
Confidence level: Certain
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. By William Guthrie, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 514 times in 304 borrowing records
ESTC: T146458
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Nairn
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 262985
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's History of England v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Nimmo
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records
ESTC: N504610
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Nimmo
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263006
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Nimmo
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England. With a review of the Scottish history previous to that period; and an appendix containing Original Papers. In Two Volumes. By William Robertson, D. D. Minister of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 359 times in 277 borrowing records
ESTC: T71467
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald Nimmo
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263009
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1805
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Mark Napier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1805
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262973
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Duncan's Cicero v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Nairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Aeschines (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Duncan's Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Aeschines (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Select orations of M. T. Cicero; translated by Professor Duncan, and interspersed with a variety of notes, Explanatory of the Persons, Manners, And Customs of the Romans: adapted to the English reader by Sir Charles Whitworth. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Translators: Duncan
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: N36442
Aeschines (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Aeschines
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Nairn
Author: Aeschines (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262976
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Duncan's Hoole's Tasso v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Nairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Duncan's Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N6701
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Nairn
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263000
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Pinkerton's History of Scotland
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
David Nairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
Pinkerton's History of Scotland
Confidence level: Certain
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T95226
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Nairn
Author: John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826), Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Record ID 262982
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hoole's Tasso V. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Mark Napier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N6701
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mark Napier
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 263003
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Charles 5th v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Nimmo
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 604 times in 453 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald Nimmo
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263036
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Orr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Orr
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263066
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Pausania's Greece v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
Pausania's Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
The description of Greece, by Pausanias. Translated from the Greek. With notes, In which much of the Mythology of the Greeks is unfolded from a Theory which has been for many Ages unknown. And illustrated with maps and views elegantly engraved. In Three Volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Translators: Thomas Taylor
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T95854
Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
Graeciae Descriptio Accurata
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Pitcairn
Author: Pausanias (Male), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263072
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Spectator v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Richard Pemberton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. ... Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: N24135
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Richard Pemberton
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263069
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare's Works v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Richard Pemberton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Richard Pemberton
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 263054
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Pitcairn
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263051
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1. Returned: yes.
James Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1812/1.
Borrower: James Pitcairn
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263048
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
James Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: James Pitcairn
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263060
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 9
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Pitcairn
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Record ID 263057
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Pitcairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Pitcairn
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 263087
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 8
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Mungo Park
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mungo Park
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 263099
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Volney's Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/22 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
William Park
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries, their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Illustrated with copper plates. By M. C-F. Volney. Translated from the French. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 264 times in 197 borrowing records
ESTC: T12217
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1812/1/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Park
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 263141
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Europe v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records
ESTC: T117065
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 263147
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Pinkerton's History v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
Pinkerton's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T95226
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826), Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263114
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buchanan's History v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The ancient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first pounder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fifth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T166848
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263126
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Edward's West Indies v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
Edward's West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T137074
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800), Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263117
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buchanan's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The ancient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first pounder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fifth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T166848
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 263135
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Henry's History of Britain v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
Henry's History of Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 362 times in 250 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263129
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Roman History v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records
ESTC: T146057
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1